I was at my desk, doing who knows what on my computer, when I heard the roar of crowds from the streets below. I hope it’s not a protest.
Read moreAshura and Yom Kippur
I am fasting today. It’s not Ramadan; that was in April/May. It’s an optional fast that I started observing only in recent years. But today is Ashura,
Read moreA Letter to My Father
2nd Lieutenant in England in 1951
I have been thinking about the conversations I would have had with you over the past ten years since you left us. Sometimes I have wondered: what would Daddy have said? Sometimes: Did you see his latest Tweet? And these days, it is: It’s a good thing you are not around.
Read moreSkin-Deep
“I am looking for a suitable match for my son. Do you know of anyone? She should be from a respectable family, pretty, and light-skinned.” That was the criteria in the society of Pakistan,